FrameMaker Tips | Keyboard Shortcuts, Part 3

Posted on: July 20, 2020 / FrameMaker Tips /

FrameMaker Tips

Keyboard Shortcuts, Part 3

This edition of Tips contains keyboard shortcuts that relate to tables. Some of these are duplicates from an earlier Tips. Please note that these shortcuts are for FrameMaker 7 and may not work with FrameMaker 10.


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Conventions for Shortcuts

Example Describes
Esc j c Press and release the Esc key, then j, then c
Alt+Control+u Hold down Alt and Control while pressing u
Esc Shift+h Shift+s Press and release the Esc key, then hold down the Shift key while pressing and releasing the h key and (still holding down the Shift key) the s key
Esc e x, Shift key+Delete Press and release the Esc key, then e, then x; or Hold down the Shift key while pressing the Delete key (The comma separates different ways to accomplish the task)

Selecting parts of a table

To select Press
A cell Control and click the cell
A row Control and double-click column border
A column Control and double-click row border
Current row Esc t h r
Current column Esc t h c
Current table Esc t h t, Control and triple-click a cell

Navigating through a table

To move to Press
Rightmost cell in current row Esc t m e
Leftmost cell in current row Esc t m a
Top cell in current column Esc t m t
Bottom cell in current column Esc t m b
Next cell and select its text Tab, Esc t m n
Previous cell and select its text Shift key+Tab, Esc t m p
Cell below and select its text Alt+Control+Tab
Cell above and select its text Alt+Control+Shift key+Tab

Working within a table

To Press
Type a tab character in a cell Esc Tab
Add rows above selected row Esc t Shift key+r a
Add rows below selected rows Esc t Shift key+r b, Control+Return
Add columns to left Esc t c l (lowercase L)
Add columns to right Esc t c r
Paste by replacing selected rows or columns Esc t p r
Paste rows or columns before selection Esc t p b
Paste rows or columns after selection Esc t p a
Resize columns so no paragraphs in selected cells wrap Esc t w
Resize selected columns without changing table’s width Alt and drag selected cell’s handle
Copy column width to Clipboard Esc e y w

Special scripts

Script Title Shortcut
Balance Columns Esc b c
Paste Clipboard Data Into Table (works with an Excel script that copies the data) Ctrl+h
Number Figure Items – JBSL (requires an ini file) Esc n i
Number Figure Items – BTP (requires an ini file) Esc n b
Reset Figure Items (works with the two Number Figure Items scripts above) Esc r i
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